Middle-Income Trap in Central and Eastern Europe

Yaman Kouli was a visiting scientist in 2018 and 2019 at the UMR Sirice 8138 in Paris, funded via a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. From October 2019 on, he has worked as a research assistant at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf. His fields of expertise are Poland’s economic history during the 20th century, the knowledge-based economy and European economic integration before 1914.

• Introduction: Transformation of the Transformation? The Middle Income Trap and the Search for a New Development Strategy in the Post-Communist States of Central and Eastern EuropeYaman Kouli and Uwe MüllerPart I: Historical LegaciesChapter 1. Poland’s Communist Heritage and Its Impact on Post-1990 Economic DevelopmentYaman KouliChapter 2. Institutional Development and Growth as Outputs of Early Transition PoliciesTal KadayerPart II: Development Strategies on the Economic, Entrepreneurial and Individual LevelChapter 3. The Middle-Income Trap and Its Narrow Escape Hatches: Dependent Development and FDI-Led Growth in RomaniaCornel Ban and Zoltán MihályChapter 4. Between Domestic Entrepreneurship and Global Technology Chains: Upgrading Paths of Two Large IT Firms from PolandGrzegorz LechowskiChapter 5. The Value of Return Migration - The Case of BulgariaBirgit GloriusPart III: The Impact of European IntegrationChapter 6. The Winners and Losers of Economic Openness: Eastern Europe’s Growth Path Post-1989Kiril KosseChapter 7. Developmentalist Illusion? EU Cohesion Policy, Dependent Development, and the State in East Central EuropeDaniel ŠiteraChapter 8. East-Central Europe: The Eternal Periphery of the EU?Christian SchweigerChapter 9. Cohesion Policy for Escaping Middle-Income TrapAndrea Filippetti and Raffaele SpalloneConclusion: Conclusion and OutlookUwe Müller